Child&#39;s self-feeding training dish



A L A S R A M V CHILD'S SELF-FEEDING TRAINING DISH Filed Oct. 3, 1951 INVENTOR United States Patent CHILDS SELF-FEEDING TRAINING DISH Vincent Marsala, Monroe, La.

Application October 3, 1951, Serial No. 249,421

'1 Claim. (Cl. 65-15) The present invention relates to a childs self-feeding training dish and it consists in the construction herein described and claimed.

Generally there is provided a dish for children which dish is provided with a conventional fiat bottom and with an inturned upper lip so that when a child tries to scoop a spoonful of food the excess food will fall into the dish instead of on the table adjacent such dish.

It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a device of the character set forth which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and yet effective and eificient in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a device of the character set forth, a novel lip construction therefor.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character set forth having means for preventing the accidental dropping of food by children outwardly of a dish and upon the adjacent table.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification taken in conjunction with the drawing, in which the figure is a vertical sectional view of an embodiment of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown therein a dish of the character set forth having a fiat circular bottom and having integrally formed with the outer edge of the bottom 10 an upwardly and out- 2,757,525 Patented Aug. 7, 1956 wardly extending side wall 11 which terminates in an integrally formed inwardly extending lip 12.

In operation, it will be apparent that as a child using the dish of the present invention attempts to scoop a quantity of food from such dish with a spoon, for example, that when such spoon or other utensil encounters the inturned lip 12 a goodly portion of such scooped food will be automatically severed from the quantity in such spoon and will fall by gravity back into the dish itself rather than upon the surrounding table and thus helping to train the child and at the same time saving damage to, for example, a tablecloth and, in any event, acting to maintain a neater appearance upon that portion of the table whereon the child may be eating.

While but one form of the invention has been shown and described herein, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many minor modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A childs self-feeding training dish comprising a disk having sides having a portion extending substantially vertically and outwardly therefrom, the upper part of the outwardly extending portion being turned outwardly and then inwardly and downwardly to provide a hook-like portion, having the shape of a question mark substantially and insufficient to tightly engage a spoon.

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